Overstory · 12 hours ago
Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Wildfire
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
6+ years expOverstory is tackling the climate crisis by harnessing cutting-edge technology to enhance electrical grid resilience. As a Staff Machine Learning Engineer, you will lead the development of the Wildfire Fuel Detection Model, working closely with teams to ensure its accuracy and robustness while mentoring other engineers.
AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Big DataMachine LearningSoftware
Responsibilities
Architect and build advanced ML models to map and predict vegetation and fuel conditions across diverse geographies
Design and maintain robust data and feature pipelines for large-scale geospatial and temporal data
Partner with wildfire science and product teams to define modeling objectives and evaluation metrics tied to real-world impact
Build reproducible experimentation frameworks and model evaluation workflows
Scale models from research to production with a focus on performance, reliability, and explainability
Lead the evolution of ML systems, tooling, and processes — ensuring that our wildfire fuelscape models remain state-of-the-art and maintainable
Collaborate with MLOps peers to streamline training, inference, and monitoring in production environments
Qualification
Required
10+ years of experience designing and building production-grade ML pipelines and systems – but don't filter yourself out if you feel you're a strong candidate with 6+ years
Strong background in deep learning, computer vision, or remote sensing
Skilled in designing end-to-end ML systems — from data ingestion and preprocessing to deployment and monitoring
Hands-on experience with frameworks like PyTorch, TensorFlow, XGBoost, or LightGBM, and data tools like Dask, Spark, or GeoPandas
Familiarity with GCP and Vertex AI, or similar cloud-based ML platforms
Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across technical and scientific domains
Comfortable leading architectural discussions and mentoring other engineers
You are based in the US or Canada
Preferred
Background in wildfire science, forestry, or remote sensing
Experience integrating physics-based models with ML or working with active learning and uncertainty quantification
Experience in model interpretability and data provenance for environmental ML systems
Experience with deep learning models for weather or climate data
Experience in remote-first or globally distributed teams
Benefits
Flexible working environment with a lot of autonomy.
Other benefits like a remote working budget, an educational budget, and time to develop new skills.
Equity and a competitive salary.
Company
Overstory
Overstory is AI-powered grid resilience software that helps electric utilities prevent wildfires and power outages.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$68.07MKey Investors
Blume EquityB CapitalConvective Capital
2025-11-25Series B· $43M
2023-10-19Series A· $14M
2022-11-10Seed· $5.2M
Leadership Team
Indra den Bakker
CEO & Co-founder
Recent News
2025-12-03
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